The South Division ofPronghornCompany reported the following data for the current year.

Sales$3,100,000Variable costs2,015,000Controllable fixed costs600,000Average operating assets5,000,000

Top management is unhappy with the investment center's return on investment (ROI). It asks the manager of the South Division to submit plans to improve ROI in the next year. The manager believes it is feasible to consider the following independent courses of action.

1.Increase sales by $300,000with no change in the contribution margin percentage.2.Reduce variable costs by $155,000.3.Reduce average operating assets by3.00%.

(a)Compute the return on investment (ROI) for the current year.(Round ROI to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.57%.)

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(b)Using the ROI equation, compute the ROI under each of the proposed courses of action.(Round ROI to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.57%.)

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